Cool Snaps of 1980s Prom Couples _ US
Electronic music, big clothes and even bigger hair were some of the awesome parts of the 1980s. The ’80s high school prom look lives on as a pop culture reference, proof positive that this was an unforgettable fashion era. Guys…
26 Vintage Portraits That Defined Hairstyles of ’80s Young Women _ US
Hairstyles in the 1980s included the mullet, tall mohawk hairstyles, jheri curls, flattops, and hi-top fades, which became popular styles. Amongst women, large hair-dos, puffed-up styles, permanent waves, and softer cuts typified the decade. Big hair that was “often permed…
Peggy Lee: The Queen of American Pop Music _ US
Born 1920 as Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress Peggy Lee began singing from a young age. In Wimbledon, she was the female singer for a six-piece college dance…
Mullet: The Badass Hairstyle of the 1970s, 1980s and Early 1990s _ US
The mullet is a hairstyle that is short at the front and sides and long in the back. Mullets were used by rock stars Rod Stewart, David Bowie, Andy Mackay of Roxy Music, and Paul McCartney as far back as…
32 Pictures of High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947 _ US
Long before the era of Facebook, texting, and clubbing, there’s the hopping soda shop scene. LIFE photographer George Skadding documented the lives of Iowa high school teenagers in the late 1940s.
Portraits of Highland Park High School Teenage Girls, 1947 _ US
Highland Park High School is a public, co-educational high school located immediately north of downtown Dallas in University Park, Dallas County, Texas. It is a part of the Highland Park Independent School District, which serves residents who are predominantly college-educated…
Portraits of Washington-Lee High School’s Students Posing With Their Unique Graduation Caps in 1947 _ US
Washington-Lee High School (now Washington-Liberty High School) is a public high school in the Arlington Public Schools district in Arlington, Virginia, covering grades 9–12. Its attendance area serves the central third of Arlington, and it also offers the International Baccalaureate…
3D Four Letter Words: Robert Indiana’s LOVE Sculptures in the 1970s _ US
LOVE sculpture, by Robert Indiana, 1970. Robert Indiana (formerly Robert Clark) first expressed the essential iconography of “LOVE” in 1958 but it wasn’t until 1964 that the image garnered wide public notice, via a Christmas card commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum…
Fascinating Vintage Photos of Stevie Wonder in the ‘70s _ US
Stevie Wonder is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the second half of the 20th century, Wonder is one of the most successful songwriters and musicians. A virtual one-man band, his…
27 Beautiful Portraits of Norma Shearer From the 1920s and 1930s _ US
Norma Shearer (1902–1983) was a Canadian-American actress, who was one of the most popular actresses in North America from the mid-1920s through the 1930s. Her early films cast her as the girl-next-door, but for most of the Pre-Code film era,…